Snowshoe

93-1-2A

From: Alaska | Cook Inlet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 93-1-2A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tanaina
Provenience Alaska | Cook Inlet
Culture Area Subarctic Culture Area
Date Made ca. 1920
Section American
Materials Alder Wood | Rawhide | Cotton
Description

Pair of oval wood frame snowshoes; V-shaped adaptation at back/pointed end for taller wearer; two wood crossbars; rawhide and fiber lashings. Adaptation made by Jack Fields, pre-1930.

Credit Line Gift of Frederica de Laguna, 1993

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